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dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. America thought that dropping an atomic bomb on japan would end the war. When America dropped the bombs, the Japanese surrendered because they thought that those bombs were just the beginning and that America had more bombs that they could drop on japan. What Caused this to Happen The United States wanted to limit its own casualties by forcing Japan to surrender as quickly as possible. Lead up to the dropping of the bomb When…

development of atomic bomb in the United States started in 1939 when a small number of physicists were alarmed over the possibility of Germany successfully developing an atomic bomb and warned President Roosevelt. Einstein and Szilard wrote a letter on their proposal about atomic bombs and was delivered to the President's aide, General Edwin Watson, by Alexander Sachs, an economist and writer who had a friendly relationship with Roosevelt. The letter described the new powerful bombs that could…

Parcc Practice 2 Ever since the very beginning of time humans can find both sides for an argument for about every subject. The atomic bomb is no exception. The atomic bomb would cause mass destruction but would lead to a quickened end to the war. The decision to drop the bomb was contemplated by many officials and was influenced by many more people who wrote to them. This paper will discuss the effectiveness of multiple writers and their common strategies such as considering the lives of the…

Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary ? Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed by the United States of America because they wanted to end WWII. The United States of America had a project that was named Manhattan Project.The Manhattan Project was about the bombs that Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki helped the outcome of the WWII. There are many reasons to why the United States of America bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Some of those reasons are listed on Campaign for…

On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Not even the most stoic person could have contained themselves at the sight of smoke billowing into the air in the now infamous mushroom shaped clouds. People were afraid, terrified, of what had happened, and bewildered by the thought that this new and unfamiliar weapon could destroy an entire city. The chaos was reminiscent of physicist Leo Szilard’s words when a nuclear chain reaction was first sustained, that “this day…

use of the atomic bomb. This paper will discuss the firebombing of Tokyo, the dropping of the atomic bombs and lastly the surrender of Japan. The bombing of Tokyo was one of the first major moments leading up to an Allied victory. This took place on the night of March 9-10, 1945. General Curtis LeMay was leading this air strike by the Americans. The…

The Atomic Bomb Lighting the Way for Radiation Protection Even though radiation has been around since the beginning of time there was little known about it. When x-rays were discovered in 1895, radiation research followed suit right after. With Germany under Hitler’s reign, the Nazis began separating uranium to form the first atomic bomb to control the world. The push for the United States to be the first with the atomic bomb began with this knowledge. With the help of several scientists…

many disadvantages to the use of atomic bombs in World War II for President Harry S. Truman as there were advantages. When Harry Truman learned of the accomplishment of the Manhattan Project, he recognized he was faced with a choice of supreme gravity. The ability to end the war with Japan was in his hands, but it would include releasing the most dreadful weapon ever known. The dropping of the atomic bomb. Truman indicated that his decision to drop the bomb was chastely military. For Truman, the…

dropping the atomic bomb was absolutely necessary. There are several key points to this argument, that the Japanese would never surrender unconditionally, that war would drag on, that a land invasion would be costly, long, deadly, and the bomb was needed specifically to end the war swiftly and with as few casualties as possible. “At the time, there was a wide consensus in support of the decision to strike among the members of the committee. Stimson was very adamant that the bomb be used”.⁴ A…

that German scientists knew how to split a uranium atom, this raised fear because of the possibility that the Nazi’s could produce mass destruction with a bomb. Scientists who fled persecution, like Albert Einstein agreed to inform president Roosevelt about the dangers of atomic technology. In late 1941 the American effort to produce an atomic bomb received the name, “The Manhattan Project.” In the beginning research was conducted at Columbia University, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago.…